On May 5, Beijing time, the ITTF WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is underway. The national table tennis coaching staff arranged 12 people to sign up for the competition, at present, the national table tennis players have won all, Wang Manyu, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Chen Meng, Lin Shidong, Wang Chuqin have successfully advanced to the next round.
In the mixed doubles 1/16 finals, the German pair Qiu Dang/Mittram took the lead and played against Australia's Saleen/Liu Yangzi, Qiu Dang won three games in a row, and won the total score of 3:0. The French mixed doubles pair of A. Lebrun/Yuan Jiannan also won three games in a row, knocking out their opponents Pitchford/Hussey 11-4, 11-9, 11-5, 3-0 on aggregate.
In other games, the Canadian-Chinese pair Li Yuanzhang/Liao Guihua played five games and defeated Slovakia's Pisteje/Balazova with a total score of 3:2. The Indian mixed doubles pair of Desai/Gol Lampard also played five games, and defeated their opponents Boggs/Vega with a thrilling aggregate score of 3:2 to advance smoothly.
In the mixed doubles 1/16 finals, Egypt's Assal/Meshev 3:0 Poland's Kubik/K. Wiig, and the multinational pair of Alhadrawy/Gouda lost three straight games, with a total score of 3:0 against Ash/Takahashi Bruna. World champion Karlsson partnered with teammate C. Carlberg to defeat Lu Wei/Kukulova 3-0, while Austria's Gados/Polkanova reversed Judy/Wu Yonglin 3-1 on aggregate.
In the first round of the mixed doubles main event, many famous players had direct byes and directly advanced to the round of 16. In the first round, world champion Karlsson won 3:0 and successfully advanced. It is worth mentioning that in the Open Championship of this station, the national table tennis coaching staff only arranged for Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin to sign up for the competition in the mixed doubles, so in the top 16 list, the national table tennis only occupies 1 seat, and it is a great test for the two to fight for the championship alone.
The Mixed Doubles round of 16 has been decided, with Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin facing the multinational pair of Alha Dlawy/Gouda and Desai/Gol Lampard taking on Spain's Robles/Xiao Yaoqian in the top half. Japan's Tomokazu Haramoto/Hina Hayada take on Germany's Qiu Dang/Mittram, and Austria's Gados/Polkanova take on Hungary's Exsey/Madarac.